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Throughout his entire life, William Hagle has been punished and persecuted for transgressions he didn't actually commit. It's almost as if someone is out to get him. Does he simply have astoundingly bad luck? When Hagle finally begins to root out ......

As a teenager, Liverpudlian Philip Meadows Taylor was sent away to India to serve an apprenticeship to a Bombay business tycoon. He remained in the country for much of his life, gaining unparalleled insight into India's culture, languages and cust......

Often described as a picaresque novel that set the stage for Jack Kerouac's On the Road, published 50 years later, Jack London's The Valley of the Moon is a complex work that is teeming with ideas. Brought to their knees by a series of devastating......

Bored and restless secretary Betsy O'Reilly has spent all of her meager savings to bankroll a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the swanky Martian resort town of Dawningsburgh -- only to be bitterly disappointed by the tacky tourist trap once she arrives......

This hilarious gem from the golden age of science fiction takes the old "city mouse, country mouse" archetype to a whole new level. A savvy call girl and her duplicitous pimp hatch a scheme to take an unsophisticated "hayseed" alien for all that h......

Best remembered as the author of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling worked in a wide variety of genres over the course of his literary career. This engrossing volume of short tales brings together a number of his works that veer toward the eerie, su......

With a strong bond developed through their shared childhood experiences as orphans, chums Dick and Maisie are inseparable -- until the day Dick is sent away to serve as a soldier and Maisie makes her way to Paris for school. When they're reunited ......

In this gripping sci-fi novella from award-winning writer Poul Anderson, the galaxy has been taken over by a regime known as Valgolia, whose brutality and ruthlessness is known far and wide. A man named Conru sacrifices everything to aid the upris......

Acclaimed sci-fi scribe Poul Anderson was the rare talent who combined a thorough grasp of technology with keen insight into psychological and political motivations. The novella "Industrial Revolution" is a seamless amalgamation of both of these, ......

In this eerie short story from horror master H.P. Lovecraft, a 40-year-old man from a backwoods community in the Catskills is confined to a mental hospital after committing a gruesome murder. The patient suffers a series of violent, trance-like ep......

Though it didn't receive as much acclaim as Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage at the time of its publication, many critics now regard the novella "The Monster" as one of the author's most accomplished works. When African-American servant He......

In this amusing chapter book geared for younger readers, the mischievous pig Squinty makes repeated attempts to escape the tranquil farm he calls home and get a glimpse of the wider world. Will he ever manage to be successful in his quest to enjoy......

In this exciting tale for younger audiences, seventeen-year-old Virginia Hunter welcomes her school chums to her home nestled among the wide-open spaces of Wyoming. The girls have a delightful time riding horses, exploring, and learning about life......

Though fans of classic science fiction will definitely enjoy this short story from Joe Archibald, its focus isn't on travels to the farthest reaches of the universe. Instead, the tale is concerned with what a character terms "inner space" -- in ot......

Written under the pen name "Walter Bupp," this short story from science-fiction luminary John Berryman is part of a series of linked tales having to do with psychic powers. A unique social club tries to ban protagonist Tex Robertson from its gambl......

This novel is a collaboration between English author A. E. W. Mason and Scottish writer Andrew Lang, best remembered for his popular series of fairy tales and folk tales. The seemingly mild-mannered Parson Kelly finds himself in hot water when wha......

This intriguing tale from American literary master Henry James delves into the age-old issue of whether beauty is a universal value or a matter of subjective perception. A well-born society woman makes sure that she always has a homely female comp......

Bob Houston is just embarking on his career as a clerk in the War Department. His uncle, Merritt Hughes, has a much more exciting job as an FBI agent, so Bob is understandably surprised when his uncle comes to him for help getting to the bottom of......

Though she is today best remembered for her contributions to the canon of young adult literature, which include the classic The Secret Garden, author Frances Hodgson Burnett also penned a number of novels intended for adult audiences. The complex ......